Refrigerator.



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REFRIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6 Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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STATES- OH ARLES DOERING, JR, OF-OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

REFRIGERATOR;

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed July-6, 1903. serial No. 442,128;

Be it known that I, CHARLES Domenic, J r., citizen of the United States, residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State a of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements Refrigerators; and I do here y declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the in- -vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to. anovel construction in a cabinet particularly adapted for the storage of ice cream or other frozen viands, the object. being to provide a device of this character which may be filled with cracked ice and salt rior to the insertion therein of the receptac e containin the'frozen viands without interference wit E free handling of of a 'storage cabinet cfonstructe in accordance with my inventiontaken on theline- -1 of Fig.,-2- Fig; 2"- is a central tubs of larger diameter to rovide an annu vertical longitudinal section of the same" on the line 2- of Fig. 1. Fig. 3- is avertical tranverse section of the same on the line 3'-3 of Fig. 2-. Fig. is adetail view in side elevation of s uare receptacle for similarly shaped cans s own as contained therein. I f

Receptacles containing ice" cream and other frozenviands must be kept packed in cracked ice and'salt,-.and are contained in lar space to receive the reezing medium. At soda fountains and in ice cream parlors and cafes -cabinets are generally provided to receive the cans, such cabinets being'fi'lled with the freezing medium after the cans have been inserted. The removal of an em ty can to be re laced with a full one is attended with some ifliculty owing to the fact that upon removal of'the" empty can the cracked ice surrounding the same falls into the recess and prevents the. next can from'being lowered the requisite distance. Some of suchcabinets are. equipped with hinged" -covers which must be raised whenever access to the cans isdesired and consequently occasion much loss of'col'd-air. Others are coverless and cause even greater waste of ice.)

. 'vertically .disposed ta ered tube Where the cans rest upon and are surrounded by ice, they'are very easily rotated and render the removal of ice cream therefrom relatively difficult especially when the can is more than half emptand is correspondingly light. The love of ice maintained is always very near the top of the can and it not infrequently happensv that salted ice or salt water finds its way into the can and spoils the contents thereof in part.

The objects of my invention are to rovide a storage cabinet for'ice cream an other frozen viands which is' so constructed as to maintain the cracked ice and salt out of contact with the outside air as far as possible during the operations of removing ice cream from the can and the consequent removal and replacement of the cover; to providewithin the cabinet adjustable supports for the. ice cream cans to permit cans of various depths'to be used and their positions adjusted not only in relation to the various PATENT onnion.

depths thereof but also to suit the convenien'ce of the dispenser, such supports constituting wells to receive the cans; to providemeans whereby cracked ice and salt may be introduced prior to or after the introduction of the cans containing ice cream and the like and wherein the body of the said ice and salt may attain a level above the highest point in the ice cream can without danger of any of the same finding its way into said can;

and to provide a trap drain for the cabinetwhich will prevent escape of cold air and which is readily cleansedat all times.

My said cabinet com rises a rectangular receptacleA having a 'inged cover B; the latter being provided with one or more openings C through which access to contained cans is had.

The Walls and bottom of the rece tacleA and the cover B thereof are relative y thick and built, up of layers of heat insulating materials in any well known manner to prevent radiation.

The receptacle A is provided with afalse bottom D preferabl of corrugated sheet Hone end with said rece tacle, said-end being flush with the bottom t ereof,-and connected atits other end with the inlet pipe F of a' valve chamber G, the latter consisting of a rovided with an opening H in a moment wit the de-,

livery end of the pipe F, said valve chamber G receiving the tapered hollow valve I rovided with a lateral opening J through w ich water passes when said valve is turnedby means of its stem Kso that said opening registers with the delivery end of said pipe F. Said valve I is rendered easily remov able so that the drain passage may be justable to various elevations to suit requirecleansed by means of a flexible ram-rod inserted throughthe opening J into the drain passage. The said pipe 1* is distorted be tween its ends so as to raise the delivery end portion thereof sufiiciently above the inlet end portion to form a'trap in the drain passage whereby air is prevented from entering or leaving the lower end portion of said receptacle A. To the inner faces of the end walls of said reeeptacle'A vertically disposed channel bars L are secured in alinement with the diameters of the openings 0 in the cover, the flanges of said channel bars bein perfo rated to receive supporting pins M. he latter pass through the looped arms N of foraminated cylinders O, the latter, being main: tained by said arms N at the-upper ends and projections P at the lower ends of said cylinders in vertical alinement with the openings Gin said cover B, said cylinders hang a ments bypassing said supporting pins M through higher-or lower perforations. The i said projections P constitute the outer ends of cross bfl QQ whichtogether with transverse cross bars R spanning the lower ends of said cylinders form supports for the cans 8 containing the frozen viands; The open spaces between the upper enris of the said cylinders O and the lower fac of the cover B are closed by means of cylindrical sleeves '1 adapted to pass telescopically through the openings Or and rest at their lower ends upon t e sai arms N of said cylinders O and overlapping the uppermost end portions thereof.

The said openings C are closed by means of covers U of wood or other non-conducting I material which are removed whenever access to the cans S 1s desired, the removal thereof causing no appreciable loss'of; cold air by reason of the fact that said sleeves T coact with the cylinders O to'form isolated wells for said cans. The said cylinders :O are preferably of less depth than the contained cans so that the upper ends of the latter project therefrom, this being ess'entialto ease of handling and causing the sleeves'T to overylap the upper. ends. of said cans sufficiently to prevent me and'salt finding their way into the same, it bein vpossible by reason of said sleeves to bring t e level'of cracked ice considerably above the upper ends of the cans.

' without danger of its admission into the on casters latter.

, In place of the cylinders the rectangular cylinder equippe su porting pins to support said cy The rece tacle A is referably supported to enable i l: to be easily movedx wells flW shown in Fig. 4 may be empgoyed, the latter recelving rectangular cans adapted to contain brick creams.

'The chilling effect of the ice and salt is readily conveyed to the cans through perforations in the cylinders O and by reason of the hi her level of the cooling medium maintainab e and the more perfect isolation thereof, the requisite low temperature is maintained at minimum expense. By means of the saidforaminated wells rovided the convenience of handling is great y increased.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the kind specified comprising a receptacle equipped with a hinged. cover having an opening therein, vertical sup orts disposed diametrically opposite eac other with relation, to the opening in said cover, a foraminated cylinder equipped with-arms engaging said supports and supported in vertical alinement with said opening in'said' cover, said cylinder being adapted to receive and su' ort a can.

2. A device'o t e kind specified comprising .a receptacle equipped with a hinged cover, having an opening therein, vertlcal supports provided 'with perforations at various elevations disposed diametrically opposite each other With relation to the opening in said cover, supporting pins removably mounted in said erforations, a foraminated i with arms enga in said lin er at d' erent elevations, said arms serving to maintain said cylinder in'vertieal alinement with said opening in said cover.

3. A device of-the kind specified compris ing a receptacle equipped with a hinged cover having an openlng therein, a trap drain in the bottom of said receptacle, vert1- cal supports disposed diametrically opposite each other with relation to the openingm said cover, a foraminated cylinder equipped with arms engaging said supports and supported in vertical alinement with said openlng in said cover, said cylinder being adapted to receive and sup ort a can.

4." device of are kind specified comprising a receptacle equipped. with a hinged cover having an o enin therein, a trap drain in the bottom 0 said receptacle, vertical supports prqvided with perforations at various elevations disposed diametrically opposite each other with relation to the opening in said cover, supporting pins removably mounted in said perforations, a foraminated cylinder equipped with arms enga ing said siigporting pins to support said cy inder at d' erent elevations, said arms serving to maintain said cylinder in vertical alinement with said opening in said cover.

,5. A device of the kind specified com rising a receptacle. equipped with a cover aving an o ening therein, vertically disposed channel ars secured to the walls of said remaaw ceptacle diametrically op osite eachother with relation ,-to the saic opening in the cover, the flanges of said channel bars being provided with perforations at different elevations, supporting pins mounted in said perforations and a -foraminated cylinder equipped with supporting arms engaging said supporting pins and maintained in vertical alinement with said opening in said cover, said cylinder being adapted to receive and support a can,

with relation to the sa1 6. A device of the kind specified comprising a receptacle equipped'with a cover hav:

ing an opening therein, vertically disposer. channel bars secured to the walls of sa1d receptacle diametrically op osite eachwther 5 opening in the cover, the flanges of saidchannel bars being alinement with said 0 enin nesses.

provided with perforations at different .ele-

vations,'supporting pins mounted in said perforations and a foraminated cylinder equipped with supporting arms engaging said supportingpins and maintalned in vertical in said cover, said cylinder being a a te to receive and support a can, and a s eeve passing telescopically through said opening in said cover and resting it at its lower end upon said supporting arms.

' In testimonywhereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing wit- CHARLES DOERING,JR.' Witnesses:

JOHN H. BAUMGAR'rEN, 'QARL Doma ns. 

